Uber cannot be allowed to get away with huge payouts for their CEOs while refusing to pay drivers a decent wage and respect their rights at work. Stand with these workers on strike today, across the UK and the world, asking you not to use Uber between 7am and 4pm. #UberShutDown

Big day today as drivers around the country as well as some international markets strike and protest Uber and Lyft. But drivers aren’t banking on Uber making any changes, they’re looking to send a message to legislators to force Uber to. My story: https://t.co/4XIxzNmLYN

However, the fragmented nature of the workforce makes it difficult to involve drivers in actions like this. “By nature we're isolated in what we do . . . And so you have to spend a lot of money and energy just trying to find drivers,” Martinez explains. https://t.co/tPRlPTiKUY

Uber's decision to force practically all legal challenges into private arbitration turned out to be significantly more expensive than if it just dealt with a bunch of class-action lawsuits https://t.co/J3oaokCOVx

As Uber gears up for its stock listing, Indian drivers are talking about their shattered dreams. Reuters interviewed more than 35 drivers who said sharp cut in incentives in recent years had jolted them https://t.co/BvcDv5lDsQ

In interviews in the metropolises of Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru, more than 35 drivers said discontent against Uber was growing. As Uber gears up for IPO, many Indian drivers talk of shattered dreams. https://t.co/HR6o3TlaOK

Apparently uber and lyft are emailing out coupons to folks. Don't fall for this shit. The gig economy exists in part to kill the labor movement, and as its customers we HAVE to hold the line when organizing happens.

Shout out to the Uber & Lyft drivers going on strike today. These folks deserve better wages than what they're currently receiving. Please consider supporting them by using a different means of transportation today.

Uber and Lyft drivers are struggling as they work for billion-dollar companies. These drivers are not “independent contractors”—they are employees who deserve rights and benefits. I stand in solidarity with them as they strike today for a dignified life. https://t.co/Cl6Srk0qD2

If the strike tomorrow is the start of escalated driver actions, the labor organizing could have a serious impact on Uber, which admitted in its IPO filing that a quarter of its rides come from only five cities https://t.co/BtszJc3dFT

Uber drivers around the world are striking today ahead of the company's IPO, asking for better pay and working conditions. It may not cause any overnight changes, but it's an important showing of the growing frustrations of gig economy workers. https://t.co/8pCpGyYLGz

"No matter how successful Uber’s IPO is on Friday, the strike will serve as a blemish on the company’s record. It’s a sign of the persistent, gargantuan issue that not just Uber but all gig economy companies have on their hands." https://t.co/UQU7XxUaU0#YesonAB5#StrikeUberLyft

“When I started two years ago, I could put in a solid 40 hours a week and do well; now I’m doing 50 to 60 hours just to make the same amount. When I leave this job, I’ll probably be in debt just in order to feed my children.”https://t.co/bGzFX1dFqq via @voxdotcom

"While the specific problems each driver has with Uber vary, they mostly all want the same thing: better pay, better benefits, and, perhaps most resoundingly, better transparency about the complicated algorithm that dictates how they spend their time." https://t.co/itq55pwTJV

Big day today as drivers around the country as well as some international markets strike and protest Uber and Lyft. But drivers aren’t banking on Uber making any changes, they’re looking to send a message to legislators to force Uber to. My story: https://t.co/4XIxzNmLYN

Uber and Lyft have already suffered blows in critical markets. Legislators in New York City have instated minimum wage requirements for Uber and Lyft drivers — a decision Lyft tried and failed to overturn. https://t.co/tPRlPTiKUY

The #UberLyftStrike is taking place around the world today. One former rideshare driver I spoke to at La Guardia this morning told me that driving for the apps was "like 21st century slavery." https://t.co/7GKvFQ2tMF

No Uber or Lyft today, in solidarity with the drivers who struggle to making a living while their bosses-who-say-they-aren’t-bosses are about to make billions. Please don’t cross the picket line. https://t.co/Sn6kp8VY6H

Imagine if the $91 billion that’ll be poured into Uber’s IPO, and the billions its executives and investors will make, went to its underpaid workers instead? Or, gasp, public transportation? https://t.co/p4LrcFyj3a#UberStrike

That includes leaving out questions of contractor classification bc drivers, esp full-time vs. part-time, don't agree on whether they should be considered employees. Drivers have also made meaningful efforts to pressure legislators, instead of just Uber. https://t.co/4XIxzNmLYN

Uber&UberEats must pay workers properly and ensure all of their entitlements in Australia, or we will be back and break your algorithm!✊ @TWUAusPS: This is MWC's first appearance (see lower right corner of the first picture😄) on international media!https://t.co/ajTNJ1dujdpic.twitter.com/P6HRUnvWka

The problem with capitalism today. Look at any Uber company or any uber rich person and you know they are taking, or have taken, advantage of someone or someones along the way. And so it goes. Should the primary goal really be to make as much as we can?https://t.co/PsDSr6p128